This is what happens when entitlement kills.
May we suggest
Issues
Sex, Sex, Sex ... and Love
Exchange playlists of your favorite songs from high school. Interpret it as a sign that they both include The Cranberries and Mazzy Star.
Healthy
Bumped into something? Tripped? Picked up something heavy, like my ten-pound Shih Tzu? That’ll be three hours on the couch with an ice pack.
Issues
Why doesn't anyone ever mention the good stuff that goes along with aging?
Jane's Stuff
How great would be if we could get an alien to write "It Happened To Me: I'm From Another Galaxy"?
Family Drama
Next time a child waves at you and shouts “hi!” EVEN IF YOU’RE EATING OR YOU HATE CHILDREN, don’t act like you can see straight through him.
It Happened To Me
When my mother suggested I push my post-breakup pain aside for my 4-year-old daughter's sake, it made sense. But I'd learned we can't just let our troubles sit in silence -- we have to sit with them. Unravel them. Ask them questions.
Jane's Stuff
Because who doesn't need a place where whatever you say is is a-okay with everyone? So say anything! And enjoy!
Issues
After years of abuse, torment, and neglect, after years of having adults ignore her needs, Jane was tossed into a lockbox in the ultimate punishment for daring to exist, and daring to assert her own humanity.
Clothes
We're fans of your fancy bottoms!
Relationships
Now I am employed and grateful for it, but there a several things I will miss about my time of freedom.
Clothes
How did a two decade run of Guess girls and Versace Jeans Couture morph into the laughing stock of cyberspace?
Issues
Butter, sugar, and carbs aren’t really part of the diet of a real-life mannequin.
Healthy
Here are my five tips for trimming the negativity from your life without letting it consume you.
Clothes
If you need a little nudge to stop Instagramming photos of your dinner, here it is.
Entertainment
Oh, and your insanely expensive cable bill? You can blame that on ESPN.
Issues
I am tired of the stigma surrounding black women and mental health.
It Happened To Me
I feel a tremendous amount of guilt around how he married a lively, chatty, funny woman who was always on, always planning the next adventure and now he’s my carer.
Beauty
I think these are the G.O.A.T. (Is your favorite one in here?)
Annie Tomlin in
Beauty,
beauty books,
beauty experts,
bobbi brown,
fragrance,
harold lancer,
kevin aucoin,
francois nars,
naomi wolf
May 23, 2014 at 10:00am | 36 comments
Issues
The similarities between us are chilling.
Issues
It’s like standing on a building and feeling overwhelmingly certain that you’re going to jump off. Then, you remember you’re a human being with a will of your own, and you don’t. You leave the roof. You go eat a taco, maybe some cake.
Issues
An advocate who chooses to say “not all” is very different from a peanut gallery dweller who tromps around the internet in their “not all” boots.
Clothes
As much as spring’s outré shoes make a statement that speaks equally to cutting edge style, comfort and fashion victimization, a hot stiletto will never go out of style.
It Happened To Me
Oh, I'm just buying econ-o-size multi-packs of mysterious herbal energy supplements off of eBay and having one-sided text conversations composed entirely of consonants and punctuation.
Healthy
Through my struggles, I’ve found solace in the fact that my OB-GYN confirmed “these are common problems,” and “these things happen to everyone.”
Family Drama
I have no defense except to say that I was really curious to know if my daughter had what it took to make it into a Target circular.
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